Speed?

[PoD]

On Fri, 02 Jan 2004 23:01:15 -0800, EP wrote:

> 
> On questions of the suitability of Python for CGI, embedded apps, etc., 

Most of the time taken by that test is outputting to the screen.
I tried you script in various environments

90x45 xterm     54.5 seconds
80x10 xterm     35.6
text console    26.2
minimised xterm 25.0

Run in Idle, the output goes to a TkInter text widget so I'm not surprised
it's so slow.